Ronald Rice

Ronald Rice (18 December 1945-) was a member of the New Jersey Senate (D-28) from 4 December 1986, succeeding John P. Caufield.

Biography
Ronald Rice was born in Richmond, Virginia on 18 December 1945, and he went to school at Essex County College and Rutgers University in New Jersey before serving as a sergeant in the US Marine Corps in the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1970. He served on the Newark city council from 1982 to 1998, and he went on to be elected to the State Senate in 1986; he served in both offices concurrently, and he later served as Deputy Mayor from 2002 to 2006. Rice was a Democrat, but he was opposed to the legalization of recreational marijuana, debating with Assemblyman Jamel Holley at Saint Peter's University on 24 April 2019.